# Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified at Brunswick Cellulose, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022010057` · 1/4/2022 · BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Brunswick Cellulose, LLC
- **Location:** 211 Newcastle Street, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, 31520
- **NAICS:** 322110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading 50 percent caustic soda from a trailer. When he disconnected the 2.5-inch discharge hose, the product began to spray from the trailer's discharge piping and splashed inside his face shield, causing chemical burns to the side of his face, eyes, and lips.

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